Man ordered to enter defence on charge of murder

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KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here ordered a driver who is also a former bodyguard of a ‘Datuk’ to enter defence on a charge of murdering the daughter of his girlfriend in 2005.Justice Datuk Ghazali Cha said the prosecution had succeeded in proving a prima facie case against Davender Singh Sher Singh, of Taman Ibu Kota, Gombak, here.

Davender Singh, 49, is charged with murdering Nur Farah Adila Ridzuan, aged two years and 11 months, at No TA-12, Jalan Mewah 3, Taman Ampang, between June 16 and July 1, 2005.

In his judgement, Ghazali said although the defence tried to question the credibility of the victim’s mother, Noriahanim Udin, 38, a hotel worker, the court found that her evidence could be accepted.

He said that despite the defence team describing Noriahanim as an interested party in the case, the court could not dismiss all of her evidence.

“It is impossible for Noriahanim to give evidence in details on the ‘treatment session’ carried out by the accused, who claimed that her former husband had cast a spell on the child, if she was not there to witness the incident,” he said.

Ghazali fixed three days from Feb 22 to hear the defence case. — Bernama